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In 1963, the first episode of an untried series broadcast on the BBC, it was Doctor Who and has since gone on to be the longest running science fiction show in the world (no doubt helped by the plot element of regeneration).

I have been a fan since 1977 and Tom Baker remains my Doctor, but to one extend or another, I have enjoyed all of the Doctors. But I think Davidson, McGann (who could have been amazing) and Tennant, round out my absolute favorites.

While I was a huge Whovian, even being part of the small Doctor Who cosplay group for the 2nd Dragon*Con parade, my love of the show has cooled in recent years. Not much of a fan of the direction that Moffatt has taken the show but I do still watch, it is just no longer a central part of my Fannish Identity. Though I suspect I will be a fan til my chance to regenerate comes up.

The series is set in an alternate fin de siècle, where magic is used alongside technology and the Mongolian Wizard is slowly conquering his way across the continent. Having started, naturally, with Russia. Let me just say that the Mongolian Wizard

Our protagonist is Franz-Karl Ritter and he serves as our viewpoint onto this most interesting but unhappy world. The magic is interesting and the rules are slowly elaborated over the stories. They are good read.

First Session, It starts in Nieuw Asterdahl, where Lorrend and Pedr are tasked with sailing along the edge of the island to Port Imperial to recruit additional labourers, they take the cutter Zee Duifje (Sea Dove) and head off. The travel is uneventful, they arrive on the docks, where they are met by a visse servant of the Imperium and his two marine assistants, who collect docking fees. The five sailors say they will wait on the ship, or in a nearby bar, for our heroes return.

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“That dwarf was amazing, with the lightning dancing about him when he waded into that unit of spearmen,” said Voddick then taking a drink of dark ale.

“He has a strong link with the storm and with his ancestors,” replied Gollaon, after taking a drink of his wine.

“Dwarves are good at remembering family, that is true,” nodded Voddick. “Glad he and his ancestors are fighting on our side.”

“As am I.”

Ring of the Stormcalled

The exterior of these rings is roughly worked and dull crystal while the interior is as smooth as ice. Once aligned with the wearer, the crystals become clear and glint brilliantly in the light. Forged by dwarven ritual magic that blends crystalmagy and weather-calling, this rings embody a fragment of the storm that created them.

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Many odd places exist in the Sea of Stars, one such place was the Wash, a large island that was constantly under pounding rain. While a few hardy (or unfortunate) souls set up small settlements to sell fresh water to passing ships, expeditions into the exterior never returned or came back with stories of washed out plains and low hills of mud. Even the expansionist powers gave up on settling the fringe of an island whose only resource was rainwater.

Then, the rain stopped, entirely. The omnipresent clouds, blew away. Suddenly, the Wash was just another island. Cautiously, exploration began, after all the rains could come back at any time. To their surprise, there were forests, mountains and lush grasslands, rivers and streams, even ruins. It was as if the real nature of the land had been held ayont, waiting for the rains to stop before they returned.

Now, there is a great rush to claim this new land. While in the capital, lawyers and surveyors argue over who owns the lands, everyone knows that it will be the facts on the ground that ultimately decide the division of this new realm.

Setting: The Sea of Stars, a new frontier thereof. We would agree upon what nation / organization the player characters are representing and what their sponsors are seeking from this new world. Read the rest of this entry ?